⠀ either way, they'll find out soon enough, or they can blame gandalf for it. he rushes back to the corner away from the fellowship holding back his laugh just until he gets there, black ink all over his hands. ⠀

⠀ ❛ not if i wash it off before they wake. ❜ and that was a challenge. they did not come off so easily but pippin in his best spirits hoped it would. ❛ quick, draw on my face! ❜ ⠀

⠀ ❛ it is? ❜ pippin beamed, unaware of what the elf had drawn there. he was a foolish one after all. he stood still, just until the elf finished with his work. ⠀

⠀ ❛ it better be something else rather than an orc. ❜ he mused, trying his best not to move and interrupt legolas' drawing on his face. ❛ though that would be cool. ❜ ⠀

⠀ as legolas bends to his level, he began working on his features. pip could focus this time around, the elf awake and not resisting. he proceeds to draw a skull like art on his face, darkening the eyes and tracing a bigger smile on ther corners of his lips. ⠀

⠀ ❛ just a little more. ❜ pip smiled, his gaze focused on making it look a little nicer than he did with the others. he just adds the hollow nose and then he's done, nodding to himself in approval. ⠀

⠀ ❛ yes, we should. ❜ pip retrieves the cap from legolas and shuts the bottle close, placing it in his pockets. ❛ take us to the waters, good elf! ❜ ⠀

⠀ ❛ hopefully not. ❜ he looks over to his pockets, dread spreading on his face with a familiar dark blotch seeping through. ❛ uh— i don't think so. ❜ ⠀

⠀ he immediately takes out the the bottle, thinking of just throwing it away in the river when they get there. it wasn't bad nor big of a spot, but it did look like ink. perhaps he could just cover it with something. ❛ it's. . . well it's there. ❜ ⠀

⠀ @brandybuckfool, he's going out to steal some crops again. harvest season, merry should be there. ⠀

⠀ ❛ deal, i'll take lots of cabbages. ❜ pippin was planning to make soup, and they're usually good with cabbages. ❛ if farmer maggot hadn't been so stingy, we wouldn't be sneaking around. ❜ ⠀

⠀ ❛ he does have well grown crops, he's just really, well, protective over them. ❜ the hobbit snickers, following closely beside merry as they enter the tall grasses. ❛ not sam— the farmer. ❜ ⠀

⠀ ❛ if sam grew crops in a farm as much as he would grow plants in his garden, ❜ pip wondered, head turned to the skies and back to their path. ❛ we'd be saved, merry. ❜ ⠀

⠀ ❛ definitely. ❜ he found himself laughing at a thought, sharing it to the other the moment he thinks of it. ❛ he also would if we took frodo hostage— ❜ ⠀

⠀ ❛ frodo used to steal crops with us too. i heard he got stern words from bilbo. ❜ he doesn't know, but he feels that baggins would turn up for this crazy little scheme they have in mind. ⠀

⠀ the hobbit shudders at the thought of gandalf mad at them. though bilbo had his strict points, gandalf was a menace if someone were to irk him. pippin bore witness first hand how terribly frightening the wizard was. ❛ i'm scared of him, merry. ❜ ⠀

⠀ ❛ thought we'd be turned into fireworks ourselves, honestly. ❜ pip searches further to find patches of cabbage on the ground. merry's already found his carrots. ❛ i wonder if he could do that. ❜ ⠀

⠀ ❛ terrifying, wizards. ❜ he finds the cabbages just a short distance away from merry, already amplifying his volume to speak across from him. ❛ its bizzare to me how jolly he is when he can be so, so . . . . terrifying! ❜ ⠀

—; 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 of the 𝑟𝑒𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑑𝑜𝑚 of 𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒊𝒊 and 𝒂𝒓𝒘𝒆𝒏 serious & banter ; new to verse ; penned by yours truly , #prometheus ; au , oc , etc friendly ; ♡'s and rts appreciated !

⠀ yawns. ⠀⠀